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REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Change In Contract With Customer Asset [Abstract] |
Change in Contract Assets and Liabilities Table |
|  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30,
|  | 2018
Description |  |  | Unearned Revenue
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Beginning balance on January 1, 2018 |  | $ | 30,519
Revenue recognized during the period that was included in the beginning balance of contract liabilities |  |  | (7,537)
Additional amounts recognized during period |  |  | 9,531
Ending balance |  | $ | 32,513
Contract With Customer Asset And Liability [Abstract] |
Contract Assets and Liabilities Table |
|  | June 30, |  | December 31,
Description |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Receivables, included in "Accounts receivable |  |  |  |  |  |
net of allowance for doubtful accounts" |  | $ | 303,161 |  | $ | 341,989
Contract assets |  |  | - |  |  | -
Unearned revenue - current |  |  | 24,625 |  |  | 17,519
Unearned revenue - noncurrent |  |  | 7,888 |  |  | 13,000
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue Table |
|  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Revenue by Source |  | (amounts in thousands)
Broadcast revenues |  | $ | 685,843 |  | $ | 229,755
Event and other revenues |  |  | 50,861 |  |  | 16,137
Trade and barter revenues |  |  | 6,770 |  |  | 2,322
Agency commissions: |  |  | (70,790) |  |  | (24,243)
Net revenues |  | $ | 672,684 |  | $ | 223,971
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | June 30,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Revenue by Source |  | (amounts in thousands)
Broadcast revenues |  | $ | 380,124 |  | $ | 126,441
Event and other revenues |  |  | 28,252 |  |  | 10,716
Trade and barter revenues |  |  | 3,272 |  |  | 1,244
Agency commissions: |  |  | (39,524) |  |  | (13,431)
Net revenues |  | $ | 372,124 |  | $ | 124,970

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